This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing women's and girls' dresses from purchased fabric. Women's and girls' dress jobbers, who perform entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel manufacture, including buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for apparel to be made from their materials, and marketing finished apparel, are included.
The NAICS industry code for Women's and Girls' Cut and Sew Dress Manufacturing is 315233. Included in this industry are:
Bridal dresses or gowns, custom made
Bridal dresses or gowns, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchase
Custom tailors, women's, misses' and girls' dresses cut and sewn from purchased f
Dresses, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except
Ensemble dresses, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabri
Gowns, formal, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (
Gowns, wedding, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric
Housedresses, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (e
Paper dresses, women's, misses, and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (e
Wedding dresses, women's, misses', and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in
- Knitting women's and girls' dresses or knitting fabric and manufacturing women's and girls' dresses - classified in U.S. Industry 315191, Outerwear Knitting Mills; and
- Cutting and/or sewing materials owned by others for women's and girls' dresses - classified in U.S. Industry 315212, Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors.
Information courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
